Truckin board

ABSTRACT

Truckin Board, a Recreational Board Vehicle with an elongated board, with a front and rear wheel trundle, truck assembly with eccentric friction roller brakes, activated by a spiral spring recoilable rope in a drum, pulling a cog into a lever, activating centrally pulled brakes between the wheels, which allows steering on an adjustable mount. A braking rope aids rider in staying on board while brakes are activated, while able to maintain helm control. Brake activator handle snaps back into board when not in use.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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123 198 280/87 042 USA Patents Year Person ″ 430 006 1890 Dorr ″ 2176- 716 1939 Gonleay ″ 3288- 25 1966 Sakwa ″ 6213 484 2001 Robner ″ 1530 165 1925 Flower ″ 4054 296 1977 Sullins ″ 6/ 105 978 2000 ″ 1173 826 1916 Mack ″ 4019 490 1977 Reese

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

There is no Federal funding and no companies have any right to inventions.

REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The present invention involves skateboard-like board vehicles. The difference between a Truckin Board and a skateboard is a spindled axle with greater ground clearance and a centrally activated brake system that does not impede the ability of a skateboard to tilt and steer, while slowing the wheels on a skateboard. A recoil rope, hand-activated, acts as a handle and a brake-activation mechanism, centrally pulled.

In the year 1890, U.S. Pat. No. 430-006 shows a wheel with a brake attached to a shoe.

In 1939, U.S. Pat. No. 2176-716, another shoe with a framed skate, with a sliding mechanism for brake activation.

In 1966, U.S. Pat. No. 3288-251 shows a real attempt to cause a brake activation while a skate is allowed to tilt to steer. However, it required stepping on a lever to work. This was a far better design than those to follow. Any block or cause of a skateboard to become perpendicular to the ground or wheels, makes tiltability or steering non-existent.

In 2000 U.S. Pat. No. 6213-484 shows a skateboard with a handle and a foot brake dragging on the wheels; steering or tiltability is diminished by wheels becoming horizontal to the board.

In April 2002, U.S. Pat. No. 6367-828, a skateboard-like vehicle with a handle and a brake dragging on the ground.

U.S. Pat. No. 1530-165, a foot pedal skateboard; any foot activation prevents a rider from bracing for a stop with both feet.

U.S. Pat. No. 4054-296, foot pedal on a skateboard (same USA patent August 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6105-978), a skateboard using a bent axle to increase ground clearance under an axle.

Present invention incorporates a new use of a recoil-rope-engine-starting system to a Truckin Board, a skateboard-like vehicle, to activate a brake system and act as a handle that aids in bracing for stops and snaps back into the truck wheel assembly when not in use.

In 1916, U.S. Pat. No. 1173-826, shows an early recoil-engine starter, and in the year 1977, U.S. Pat. No. 4019-490, a recoil with a brake, preventing a child from starting a small engine. There are no uses of a skateboard using a recoil to activate a brake.

Present invention uses a recoil rope for two purposes. It activates a brake mechanism within a board-like vehicle and also aids the helm rider when steering and braking. The feet are braced, and the handle aids rider in staying on the board when actually steering and actually braking safely on a skateboard-like vehicle by this novel new design. These and other advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings, patenter to include those on document disclosure #522979.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The present invention provides an actual brake system that does not impede steering on recreational board vehicles. The Truckin Board is like the skate board except Truckin Boards use a recoil-rope-pulled brake activation that is centrally pulled and allows the rider to steer while stopping. Additionally, a spindled axle allows greater ground clearance.

The Truckin Board can be used by standing or lying on an elongated board. Racing can be improved with the brake camber system, Depending upon removal and placement of brake rollers when brakes are applied on one side, when activated steering is aided in downhill racing, Board steers into corners using brake pull on affected wheels. A Truckin Boarder can actually steer left and right while activating brakes to slow or stop a rider safely, as well as adjust steering or change small wheels to large wheels, and brake parts interchange. These and other advantages will become more apparent on a detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 Overall view of Truckin Board and rear wheel assembly with recoil.

FIG. 2 End view of brake adjuster front. Top view of rear brake truck assembly with front and rear view of recoil mechanism.

FIG. 3 Top view of access holes rear assembly, side view of cutaway shock, 1.

FIG. 4 Side, overall view, rear brake mechanism and wheel assembly; cut away of recoil and recoil cog.

FIG. 5 Top view cable connector adjustment and pulley

FIG. 6 Side view rear wheel truck assembly with cable route through wheel truck assembly mount.

FIG. 7 Overall view, exploded of brake lever and brake shoes, with front view of wheel truck assembly with spindles.

FIG. 8 Exploded view of recoil brake mechanism rear mount for wheel truck assembly.

FIG. 9 Underside view of friction rollers on long and short brake shoes of elongated brake shoe shapes.

FIG. 10. Wheels, showing two sizes and single roller brake.

FIG. 11. Underside view of truckin cavity board and recoil spool.

FIG. 12. Cutaway view, winged coupling and coupling mount. Cut-away view of front shock with winged coupling on shock mount.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Document Disclosure Program #522979 shows a similar view of FIG. 1, showing the Truckin Board that differs from a skate board in that Truckin Boards have actual, usable brakes that allow a rider to steer left and right while braking by pulling a brake handle. They have added ground clearance, the ability to alter wheel size, and steering is adjustable, here choosing the smaller diameter wheels and brakes

If larger wheels are used, FIG. 4 at 7 shows a removable bumper which unscrews from FIG. 6 at 1.

A wheel truck assembly front and rear, FIG. 9 at 8, shows a front brake shoe and 107, a longer brake shoe for taller wheel 6. Both types of shoes can be made of high impact plastic or other material.

Brake shoe FIG. 7 at 81, interior view, shows an installed friction roller in 81, inside 80, a rear brake shoe. These rollers prevent brake lockup as wheel 6 comes in contact with shoe 80. Both 8 and 80 brake shoes, front and rear friction wheel 81, will interchange or can be rotated for wear or be removed for other braking characteristics. Shaft screw 82 enters hole 83, then travels through friction roller 81 in cavity 115 and screws into 84. There is nothing to prevent riveting or other methods of mounting a friction roller. As roller 81 is eccentrically rotated into wheel 6, friction roller is binded in cavity 115 within brake shoe where pressure causes 81 friction between wheel 6 and brake 80, slowing wheel 6, providing safety in Truckin Board vehicles. All four brake shoes accept friction rollers in a similar way.

FIG. 8 shows a steel lever 14 with hole 69 on both ends of lever 14. See FIG. 7. Brake shoe 80, FIG. 7, also has corresponding hole 69 in concave cavity 114, FIG. 8, wherein screw 79, FIG. 7, fits inside cavity 114, FIG. 8. See nut 77, FIG. 7. Screw 79 enters lever 14 as shown. A nut 77 screws onto bolt 79. And a pin 78 enters bore hole 75 in screw 79. There is nothing to prevent the use of washers to take up space. Brake shoe 80 attaches to lever 14 in the same way, just as does brake shoe at 8, FIG. 9, showing the only difference in a number 8 and 80.

FIG. 6 at 1, shows a wheel truck assembly with spindled axles, without brake attached at hole location 87. Note location of spindled axle 3 to bore hole 87.

See FIG. 7 at hole 86. Both brake shoes attach to lever 14, attach at slot 85 above axle 3. See FIG. 4. Note hole 87, showing attached brake shoe 8. FIG. 7, 86, enters concave cavity in wheel assembly 1 with both brake shoe 8 and 80 mounted in cavity 85 able to move freely back and forth in slot.

After attaching brake shoes on both wheel truck assemblies front and rear, at 6, FIG. 10, wheels with bearings attach to 3, FIG. 7, on spindled axles. When mounted, should resemble FIG. 1 upon wheel trundle truck assembly. See rear wheel truck assembly mounted to 24, FIG. 4.

A mount at 16, FIG. 3, shows a shock absorber, cut away view of a winged coupling.

FIG. 12 at 109 shows a nut welded to coupling 108 with 110, a coupling inside, which is able to rock side to side when mounted on 10 shock mount. Compare FIG. 4 at 10 with FIG. 12 at 16, showing cut away of winged coupling inside shock 16. Shock 16 has a cavity for accepting 109 and 108 coupling housing. The winged bottom is V-shaped, allowing movement on shock mount, FIG. 4, 10. An alternate brake mounting location 116, peg 129 fits into 130 of shock mount 10. See side view of 116 for mounting under a traditional shock, for mounting brake shoe 8 or 80 at hole 86, for a brake alternative, here used as a washer under coupling 108. Adjustment: with 109 inside 16 shock absorber, nut 11(a) and 11(b) are turned onto bolt 12, underside of 26, a front-wheel, truck-assembly mount. 16 and 109 winged coupling, is turned onto bolt 12.

At 15, FIG. 6, a pivot is placed into coupling 25, wheel-truck assembly mount 10, FIG. 4. See FIG. 12 at 110, a nut 11(c) turns onto winged coupling 110 on the underside of shock mount 10. And nut 11(a) and (b) is tightened, and nut 11(b) is tightened against 11(a), (a) nut acting as a lock nut. With less pressure on shock 16, coupling 110 is able to shift under shock 16 and create either a looser steering or a firmer ride.

A slightly different procedure on the rear trundle truck assembly: FIG. 8 at 108 under shock 16, a washer 59 and nut 11(a) and (b) are positioned under a spool 35 that rests under a bearing race 19. A spring 37 at eye on end of spring attaches to pin 39 inside a drum 36. Spring 37 with eyes at both ends turns around bolt 12, FIG. 8. Spring 37 wound tightly several times around bolt 12 with spring eye 40 attached to spool 35 on top of spool 60 on pin 38. Carefully, a rope 42 is positioned through bore hole 66 on lever 22 so that cog 43 on rope 42 is behind lever 22. A rope 42 enters hole 93 in drum and enters 35, a spool, and is pulled out hole 46 and tied in a knot under spool 35. Rope 42 is wound around spool 35. In the opening of 35 under top 60, a ball 71 is attached to end of rope 42 so that when spring 37 and spool 35 is pushed into cavity 36, ball 71 prevents rope 42 from being pulled into drum and spool 35. Bearing 19 race fits under 35, a spool, on a race, washer 59, and nut 11(a) tightens spool 35 under drum 36, lock nut 11(b) tightens to nut 11(a) while shock 16 with coupling 109 is screwed onto bolt 12.

Just as the front wheel truck assembly, FIG. 6 at 15, a pivot placed in coupling 25, and shock mount 10 shifts onto coupling, FIG. 12 at 110, and a nut 11(c) attached and tightened into place.

Returning to lever 22, at FIG. 8, mount 23, a screw 65 enters 64, a bearing race coupling, that enters lever 22; screw 65, is turned into 23 on the underside of 26, a rear mounting bracket (allowing lever 22 to move). See side view, FIG. 6, of 23. A spring travels from the bottom side of plate 26 to the top side of plate 24. See FIG. 2 at hole 97. Compare FIG. 3 at 97. FIG. 2 at 34 shows dual springs leaving the bottom side and traveling to the top side of mounting top side 24.

A pair of bare cables 50 travel through spring 34, through holes 97, from the bottom side of plate 24. See bare cable 50 at FIG. 8. 52 and 53, shows top view of a cable connector and a slot 53 which cables turn from backside to frontside and into cable ledge 67 and 68. With bare cable 50 on ledge 67 and 68, a spring 34 sets on the ledge and retains cable 50 inside hole 52 and 53 on lever 22. Bare cable 50, then traveling through spring 34, exits a groove 126, FIG. 2, and a plastic cable case enclosing cable within sets in a cable connector and exits 96, a cable connector on one side of a wheel truck assembly, on top of the brake mechanism. Bare cable 50 in the second location travels around a horizontal pulley 49; cable then rises over a vertical pulley 32. Bare cable 50 then travels around pulley and down through opening 47, exiting the top side of 24 mounting plate.

FIG. 8 at 114 shows cable exiting under plate 26. On a cable connector, lever 14 is attached to brakes. Note location 128 showing a spring or lever 14. See FIG. 7 at 128, showing a cable connector location and spring retained ledge. Compare FIG. 4 showing 128 side-view of cable connected to lever 14 with a spring on ledges. Cable 50 is attached to brake lever 14 as stated, FIG. 11. See cable 63 placed in bore hole 117 in board 2, exiting at 118 in a cavity 122, in the forward section of board, again a bare cable 50.

FIG. 12 at 29, shows a cable connector and brake adjuster. There is a groove for a cable. See FIG. 5 at 29 and FIG. 2 at 99. A groove from cable connector pipe to pulley, FIG. 5, 102, on top of front wheel assembly. Cable 50 travels over pulley 102, pulley held on top of wheel truck assembly mount with a shaft screw 101. See FIG. 12 at 100, cable exiting front mount. Cable, FIG. 4, attaches to front brake at 14 lever in the same way as the rear section, with a spring over cable 50 on lever at 128 and on 100, a spring ledge holding cable in place like FIG. 4 at 128, pulling ball 71, FIG. 8, until cog 43 contacts lever 22. Brakes are pulled downward onto the wheels, though not in adjustment. Both should move freely,

Removing rope 42 from ball 71, rope is then fed through cavity 70, FIG. 11, exiting 119 in cavity board. Note pulley 72. See FIG. 8 at 73, rope 42 extends through pulley mount cavity, then ball 71 loosely tied to rope 42 to prevent rope from being pulled into drum; 73 pulley housing mounted on board 2, FIG. 11, turning board over. See pulley 72. Holding rope 42 downward, pulley 72, FIG. 8, is placed over the rope inside cavity 75 and shaft screw axle 74 turns through cavity 75 through pulley 72 and tightens into place.

FIG. 11 at 123 shows a corner hole. Placing wheel truck assembly inside concave cavity 122. (See corresponding hole, FIG. 3 at 96.) Screws are placed in and through wheel truck assemblies and fastened into board in all 8 locations. See FIG. 11 at 118. This cavity contains FIG. 12 at 29. These cable connectors inside cavity 122, all slack is removed in brake system by turning outward front cable connector 29, then tightening lock nut. This will pick up the brakes off the wheels, both on front and back sections, and removes all play in cables. Pulling the brake ball handle and rope, cog 43 is pulled into lever 22 at 66, FIG. 8, a bore hole. As lever 22 begins to be pulled, cable 50 pulls brakes upward toward vertical pulley 102 and 32, FIG. 5, where 8 and 80, the eccentric action of brake shoes are rotated into wheel 6. For the helm rider or owner, the rope is adjusted where person stands with feet in a braced stance, knees bent in readiness. Cog 43, FIG. 8 rests upon lever 22 at 66. With arm held at ready, rope 42 is tied to ball 71 so that either wrist or finger movement will activate the brakes, and when activated, rope acts as a handle behind the rider so that the inertia on the rider is braced by the stance of body coupled to the pressure on brake activation rope. Lessening pressure would remove inertia forces on the body. Ability to steer the board while braking is a new safety claim, eliminating the need at speed to drag foot, balancing on one foot. Riding on one's back on an elongated board downhill racing, typically feet are dragged to aid steering or braking on regular skate boards. Here, if 81 brake rollers are removed on right side brakes (or left), if removed on right, and only the left brakes are pulled, activating those left brakes, the board will steer to the left, aiding in racing, steering, while able to effectively brake and steer.

This application, when viewed over all, shows a Truckin Board being pieced together. The wheel truck assembly's brake systems attached, then the cables fed through the board, then the wheel truck assemblies bolted to the cavity board. Then the cable and rope adjusted to the rider's stance.

Nothing in this application should be used to limit the invention, whether a professional skate boarder accomplished in trick riding or racing, or the very young child's toy construction. A wheel truck assembly, traditionally, is made of alloys with a steel axle encased in an alloy material. This is an acceptable method of construction. A young child's board could have a wheel assembly built of high impact plastic with steel spindles or other material, whether the brake shoes or rollers are of high impact plastic or alloys or other durable fracture-resistant material, including but not limited to metal. The purpose of brake rollers, whether they are of plastic, alloy, steel, or other material, is to cause friction and resist brake lock up if desired. Rollers do not roll unless brakes are activated. There is nothing to prevent the non-use of rollers. To cause wheel lock up, the centrally pulled brake lever should be of steel to prevent bending. The recoil system would best be made of steel and alloy type material as it is a part of a wheel truck assembly mount, but it could be of any material. Spring steel springs for spiraling around the post of steel, the spool can be of any type of material but made of a material suitable to the type of use. If strength is needed, the part can be made to the strength necessary for the weight load. A Truckin Board can be of any fiber, including alloy supported or fiber glass or other material typically used in skate boards for carrying a human rider. Wheel truck assemblies are designed to carry a load, including, but not limited to, a human being with brake under foot whenever a brake is necessary. Keep truckin but truck safely. 

1. A recreational board vehicle with brakes, a process apparatus comprising an elongated board with a forward and a rear section and section for supporting a helm rider wherein: a rear wheel truck assembly mounted in a cavity under a board within a cavity for mounting a wheel truck mount, with a recoil spring drum with a spiral spring brake activation mechanism handle, activating a cable through a board, pulling eccentric frictional brakes on wheels on a spindled axle with rotational shoes, mounted on an axle or support, the axle with removable bumpers for adjustable sized wheels or longer brake shoes, and with adjustable steering dampener, a front-wheel trundle-truck assembly mounted under and within a cavity in a board vehicle, at the front section of the elongated board, with cables from a rear section through board, with frictional brakes pulled centrally through a brake adjuster into and through a wheel truck assembly mounting bracket, by pulleys over wheel assembly mount brakes, pulling a coupling between wheels, a lever activating brakes between each wheel by a cable extending through a board to a rear section, where a cog on a rope pulls a lever outside a recoil drum, pulling a lever activating brakes in both sets of wheels at the rear section, while activating brakes by a rope on a recoil in the rear section to activate brakes in the forward section by a cable through a board, a rear wheel truck assembly mount within a cavity, within a cavity board, a cable mechanism pulling a cable though a spring system, pulling a cable around and over pulleys through a brake adjuster cable pulled by a lever by a cog as a rope activation, the lever with cable connectors outside a drum, a spring activated recoil pulling back a rope into a drum by a return mechanism, a rope through a lever pulling a cog into a lever, pulling cables through a spring system around pulleys and over a pulley, pulling vertically and horizontally, activating eccentric pivotal brakes between wheels mounted on an axle with spindles, the brakes picked up off wheels by springs, a steering dampener coupling adjustment on a wheel truck assembly, allowing adjustment of steering on a board vehicle, where a helm rider pulls a rope, activating a brake mechanism while able to steer left or right, releasing rope, which a recoil pulls back into board and end spring lifts brakes up off a wheel of adjustable size, steering dampener allowing for firm or loose steering.
 2. A recreational board according to claim 1, wherein a wheel truck assembly with a spindle for increased ground clearance under an axle with mount for rotational eccentric friction brakes and location for drum recoil is part of wheel truck assembly and mount, an axle with mount for detachable bumper for protecting brake shoes, a removable bumper for increasing wheel size and brake shoe size diameter, an adjustable steering dampener for traversing rough terrain, a brake lever pulling a cable between wheel truck assemblies on front and rear truck assemblies attached to shoes between the wheels centrally pulled springs by cables causing shoes to ride over wheel brakes, and adjustable steering allowing effective steering and braking at the same time on skate-board-like vehicles on front or rear.
 3. A recreational board vehicle safety claim of claim 1: a wheel truck assembly on the front and rear of an elongated board vehicle with effective brakes while steering with added ground clearance, brakes activated through a recoil mechanism with ability to steer left and right while slowing or stopping the vehicle.
 4. A further recreational board vehicle safety claim is whether a human helm operator stands on a Truckin Board or lies down on a Truckin Board, rotational friction brakes with friction wheels may be rotated side to side to extend life to brake shoes or be removed, one side or other side, to aid in downhill steering using brakes while downhill racing.
 5. An additional recreational board vehicle safety claim of claim 1 and 2, wherein an elongated board with a front cavity and a rear cavity for mounting the shape of the Truckin Board wheel trundle truck assemblies mount on front and rear sections of elongated board with bore holes for cables and a rope recoil to traverse through board, the rope recoil brake mechanism with a rope handle on a wheel truck assembly aiding rider to stay on board when activating brakes through said board.
 6. Recreational board vehicle claim of claim 1: a wheel truck assembly with an axle and eccentric rotational friction brakes pulled by a lever by a cable, by a handle-like rope pulled recoil coiled in a drum on the rear section and-or a forward section operated by a cable through an elongated board past and over pulleys to activate brakes on both ends of Truckin Board as a cog is pulled into a lever, activating frictional brakes by cable for slowing or stopping or simultaneously steering.
 7. A safety claim of claim 1 and 2: a recreational board vehicle with a wheel truck assembly with a centrally activated cable for pulling and activating brakes at the wheel by means of a recoiled rope pulling a cog into a lever, activating a cable mechanism on a wheel truck assembly mount, and when released a rope snapping back into a drum while springs pull back a cable into a free position. 